"I don't believe America gets it, yet". Yes, America "gets" it very well. America created "it", and likes it just the way that it is and has always been. Black professionals have to strategize in these employment sectors, as well as setting up our own businesses/corporations.
Make it plain. While I respect the effort of this project, there is still “buckets and buckets of words” to describe what white people do terrorize and subjugate black people.
I’m a doctoral student who is doing a dissertation on working in a predominately white work setting. This video a part of my research really hits home when you begin to move up the career ladder and how hostile it gets with every new level. It has been my experience in leadership primarily is how White women have been extremely passive aggressive which includes manipulation and how Black women and White men are like are very protective of confronting White women who are wrong and my experience that White men have been intimidated by me because my education experience supersedes their own experiences.
It was such a great conversation! These talks need to happen more often to gain clarity. We need more results and more diverse backgrounds to drive successful outcomes!
Loving every frame of this documentary! There's so much here that connects with my own experiences. My professional work has been across non-profit, for profit, and government sectors with the lion's share serving BIPOC communities. I'm a mixed racial person with Black, Korean and Native American blood and I identify as all three; but when it comes to how I am perceived, my dark skin and size are undoubtedly the first thing people notice, second to that are my Korean facial features, and then my Indigenous quality of listening more than speaking. These have more often than not overshadowed the many certifications, degrees, and professional accolades I've accumulated over my professional life. This documentary, and the DEI work it focuses on, is so very critical to seeing clearly the 2020 vision. I do have one criticism. The virtual job piece was off. I've noticed that my black brothers and sisters have a fascination with ivy league colleges, which interestingly are historically a support structure of structural racism. This interview piece seemed to prompt the viewer to see more value in ivy league degrees over state college degrees. State-run universities have been and continue to be at the front-line of many activist movements, not private schools.
The Amanda Timpson’s of the world get it from both sides, black people make it hard for other blacks in the workplace too, I live and work in Atlanta and its been my experience that if you're not with the “shits” when it comes to working in mostly black spaces, it will be no difference from working in mostly white space.
